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A. N. BRESEL. TAILORS PRESSING MACHINE.

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ABRAHAM N. BRESEL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

TAILORS PREssme-MAol-lmE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,317, dated August 17, 1897. Application filed Marchlfi, i897. erialNo. 627,526. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it knownthatl, ABRAHAM N. BR sEL, of Rochester, in the county of Monroeand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tailors. Pressing-Machines, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is .a pressing-machine 'de signed more particularly for the use of tailors; and it consists in parts and devices and the operations of the same, all as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation, parts being shown'in two positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a plan of some of the parts beneath the table, most of the latter being broken away. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the goose and the sponge-holder, the latter being shown in two positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 5is a side elevation of the spongeholder, partly in vertical section. Fig. 6 is a plan of the sponge-holder with parts broken away. Fig.- 7 is an end View of the machine seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 1, parts being broken away and other parts shown in two positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 8 is a vertical transverse section of one of the supports for the ironing-board on the dotted line 8 in Fig. 1, the guidesbeing similarly sectioned on the dotted line 8 in Fig. 11. Fig. 9 is a cross-section through one of the toothed sides or standards of a support, taken on the dotted line 9 in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a face view of the notched part of the toothed standard.

Fig. 11 shows thennder side of the ironingboard with the guides attached thereto in place. Figs. 12 and 13 show the arm for carrying the goose in right and left hand posi-' tions, parts beingshown in dotted lines and other parts in part longitudinally sectioned. Fig. 14- is an elevation of a holder for the guides. Fig. 15 is a cross-section of a guide and associated parts along the axis of a holding-screw, parts being shown in two positions by full anddotted lines. Fig. 16 is an elevation showing the means for lifting the spongeholder. Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4:, and 7 are drawn to a scale about one-eighth full size, the remaining figures being drawn to various larger swing in a vertical plane.

G is a pedal connected to a bent lever H, pivoted at c beneath the table-top. This lever is adapted to swing in a vertical plane and is provided at its lower rear end with a roller d in position to bear against the shaft F, as shown-in Fig. 7. By pressing the pedal downward with the foot the goose will be brought,

down against the ironing-board.

To'raise the goose off of the board, I employ two springs e 6, Figs. 3 and 7, actuating a roller f to bear upon the shaft F at its rear surface, the tendency of the spring being to hold the parts in their normal positions, as shown in full lines in Fig. 7. The springs are secured to a cross-yoke 9, through the middle of which a bolt it passes, the bolt being held by a hanger 2', secured to the under surface of the table-top. A nut 70 on the bolt serves to control and move the latter for the purpose of regulating the tension of the springs. The yielding of the springs allows the roller to move slightly up or down along the shaft as the latter changes its position.

The shaft F is held adjustahly in the trunnion-piece a by means of a set-screw to, Fig. '1, so it may be raised or lowered at pleasure. The ironing-board is provided with bail-rods or binders Z Z at its edges for the purpose of drawing down and holding the usual asbestos or other cloth coveringac, Fig. 7, for the board. These binders are pivoted at the ends of the board on pins m m, and in use they are turned upward, as shown in dotted lines inFig.-7, for the purpose of placing the cloth covering upon the board, when they are brought down to the horizontal positions at the edges of the,

board shown in the various-figures. The

edges of the board being inclined, as shown, enables the binders to firmly pinch the cloth thereagainst.

The ironing-board is adjusted as to elevation by means of the toothed supports 0 C. (Best shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10.) Each support is provided with a horizontal upper and lower bar a and 0, respectively, to bear respectively against the ironing-board and the table. To the bar 0 are secured two rigid posts 1) i, notched on their inner opposing faces, as shown, and the bar 01 is provided with a rigid toothed carrier 9, adapted to engage the post p, and a similar removable carriers to engage the opposing post 2. By swinging the carrier 8 away from the post t (which may be done on account of being loose in the bar at) and removing it the carrier 1' may be disengaged from the post 1) and so raised or lowered, as the case may be, for the purpose of changing the height of the ironing-board. \Vhen the latter is adjusted as to elevation, as desired, the loose carriers is again inserted in place. The surfaces it of the toothed and notched parts in contact being slightly inclined, as shown, causes the carriers to be drawn firmly to place against the respective posts on account of the weight of the ironing-board and parts thereon. There are two of these supports O O employed for supporting the ironing-board.

To draw the ironing-board firmly down, I employ longitudinal strips 1' '1", Figs. 8 and 11, secured in parallel pairs to the under side of the board and also to the surface of the table beneath the ironingboard, the strips on the ironing-board being directly over those on the table. The bars a and 0 of the supports O C are expanded at their middle parts and formed with openings 0 e to make room for the strips, the supports crossing the strips between the holders dd, as shown in Fig. 11. The strips are approximately triangular in cross-section, with an angle of each turned toward the table or the ironing-board, as the case may be. The edges of the strips adjacent to the ironingboard and the table, respectively, are rounded, and the strips, except at their ends, are made -hollow or with longitudinal grooves 12, as

shown in Fig. 15, screws a beinginserted at the bottoms of the grooves to hold the strips to place. The faces of the strips adjacent to the rounded edges are also slightly rounded, and in the triangular spaces between the pairs of strips triangular heads in of screws 00 are placed. These screws are threaded right and left hand, respectively, and a lever or wrench y is employed, provided with threaded parts 2 .2 to receive the screws, as shown. The strips are rounded at their ends and held in bearings in the holders (1 d, Fig. 14, secured to the ironing-board and the table, respectively. 13y turning the wrench so as to draw the screws 0c 41: toward each other the strips will be slightly rolled away from each other (the screws a not being drawn down tight) and so caused to bear against the inclined surfaces 0 c of the bars a o of the two supports. Th is rollin g of the strips tends to draw the notched and toothed parts of the supports firmly together and the bars of the supports tightly against the ironing-board and the table, respectively, and so hold the former rigidly in place. It will be observed that by the employment of these means for holding the ironing-board the upper surface of the latter is clear of all obstructions, as all of the parts of the holding mechanism are beneath the board. This I regard as of greatimportance in the construction of the machine, for the workman may iron over the whole surface of the board without encountering obstacles thereon.

The wrench is longer one way than the other, as appears in Fig. 8, so as to operate when the ironing-board is set low or raised high over the table. In the low positions of the board the wrench is turned on its side, as shown, while when the board is set high the wrench will be turned to have its longer dimension vertical, all the threaded parts fitting the screws 00 an equally well.

It is frequently desirable to shift the supports 0 0 toward or from each other for the purpose of adapting them to be used with ironing-boards of different lengths and kinds. \Vhen the supports are thus shifted, they move along the strips which serve as guides or ways for the supports and hold them in line, thus keeping the ironing-board in place over the table.

\Vith this ironing-machine I use a sponger for dampening the scams or other parts of the garment being ironed. This consists of a sponge-holder I, Figs. 5 and (3, held in advance of the goose by means of an arm g, secured to the handle L of the goose. (See Figs. 2 and 4.) This sponge-holder is of sheet metal, open at the bottom, but formed with an inwardly-projecting ledge 7L for supporting the sponge within the holder. The sponge is dampened by means of water held in a tank K,connected with the spon ge-holder by means ofa rubber tube An ordinary faucet 7t is employed to regulate the flow of water from the tank to the sponge. The tank may be supported over the table by any convenient nieansas,for instance, by a holderl, secured to the top of the shaft F. The tube or conductor 11 for the water enters the side of the sponge-holder and connects with a horizontal tube 7 Figs. 5 and 6, provided with small perforations m, out through which water slowly oozes to dampen the sponge,which fills the holder I around the tube 1 A follower n, Figs. 5 and (3, in the holder I over the sponge not only keeps the latter in place, but serves to compress the sponge to cause it to give out water at the bottom when it is wished to dampen the cloth. The follower is held by a rod 0, secured upon a pin p, Figs. 2, 4, and 16, adapted to turn in bearings a a on the rigid arm g. A part 1* of this rod extends conveniently near the handle of the goose and IIO constitutesa finger-rest by means of which to press the follower against the sponge. The follower is placed under inward projections in the sponge-holder, one being shown at'z, Figs. 5 and 6, by'meansof which it controls the sponge-holder and is enabled to lift the latter to a tilted position (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4') out of the way of the goose. As shown in Fig. 16, the pivot-pin p is squared at its overhanging end at b to receive the rod 0', so that both will turn together. A spring .9 on the pivot-pin tends to turn the latter, so as to'keep the sponge-holder raised to itsnormal position, or tilted, as just mentioned. A pressure of the finger of the operator upon the finger-rest 1" serves to bring the spongeholder downward against the action of the spring 3 to a position of use'. (Shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 4:.) A nut 10 on the pivotpin, adjacent to the rod 0, serves to hold the latter in place, and a nut Z at theopposite end of the pin prevents the latter from slipping out of its bearings in the arm g.

Two vertical springs, one at each end, are employed in the sponge-holder, one being shown att, Fig. 5, which serve to hold the follower normally up against the lugs z and off of the sponge. The combined power of these springs t is greater than the power of the spring .9, so that when the rest 1" is pressed by the finger the first efiect is to bring the sponge-holder down in position 'for action, and a further increased pressure of the finger forces the follower down against the sponge to press water out therefrom upon the cloth, as above stated. The sponge-holder is also designed to have a swivel movement upon the rod 0. As shown in Fig. 5, the follower is secured to' the rod by means of a screw 0 piercing the follower and threaded in the end of the rod. On account of this construction the sponge-holder may be turned to a transverse position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. This position is given the spongeholder when it is wished to sponge over broad surfaces of the cloth or garment being ironed. The lower horizontal end of the bar g is forked, as shown in Fig. 6, and serves as a stop or rest for the sponge-holder when the latter is brought down for use. When it stands in its longitudinal position in front of the goose, as shown in Figs. 2and 6, one end of the sponge-holder (which is in plan a flat oval) enters the fork; but when it occupies its transverse position its side merely bears against the ends of the branches of the fork, as appears in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the fork being so proportioned that the sponge-holder will be stopped in either of its positions, so that its lower surface will be horizontal and just over the cloth.

The goose D shown is of ordinary construction and held to turn loosely in the head (1 of the holding-arm E in the usual manner. The head at is also adapted to'turn freely in or upon the outer end of the holding-arm, all

of which motions having before been accomplished.

It is frequently desirable to use the goose either with the right or the left handthat is to say, to construct the machine right or left handed. To accomplish this, 1 form the joint of the arm E with a pin 6 and a tooth J, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. This pin and tooth are so related that when the two parts of the arm form a straight line the tooth encounters the pin. Now by removing the pivot-pin g at any time and inverting the part of the arm provided with the tooth the arm may be made either right hand or left hand, as plainly shown in said figures.

With this machine an ordinary pedal device may be used for operating the goose, but I find it sometimes convenient to construct it as shown in Figs. 3 and 7. The pedal proper, G, is suspended from the forward end of the lever H, so as to swing thereon, .as indicated in Fig. 1, toward one side or the other. This is for the convenience of the person operating the machine, who has frequently to move short distances backward or forward along the front of the table while working upon different parts of the ironing-board. The rod a, which directly sustains the pedal, is held by a hub 7?, adapted to turn upon the lever, which admits of the pedal swinging sidewise, as stated. The rod u may also he pivoted, as at '0, in the hub, so as to swing in a direction forward or back, if found desirable, in any given case. Guides h Figs. 3 and '7, for the lever H are provided secured tothe under side of the table, which serve to cause the lever to always swing in a vertical plane and prevent it from-being drawn to one side or the other when the pedal is swung laterally, as above stated.

What I claim as my invention is 1. Atailors pressing-machine consisting of a table, incombination with an ironing-board and supports for holding the ironing-board over the table, each support consisting of notched posts and a base-bar resting on the table, and toothed carriers adapted to engage the notched posts, and a cap-bar over the carriers, with means to draw the ironingboard and the table toward each other, substantially as shown and described.

2. A tailors pressing-machine consisting of a table, in combination with an ironing-board and supports for holding the ironing-board above the table, each support consisting of notched posts and a base-bar resting on the table, and toothed carriers adapted to engage the notched posts, and a cap-bar over the carriers, with means to draw the ironingboard and the table toward each other, one of said toothedcarriers being detachable from the cap-bar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' 3. A machine of the kind described, having a table, and an ironing-board supported thereon, and a goose supported over the ironing- IIO board, in combination with a holder for a sponge, and a follower to press the sponge in the holder, and springs for controlling the follower, substantially as shown and described.

4. A tailors pressing-machine consisting of a table, an ironing-board above the table, a goose over the ironing-board, an arm for supporting the goose, and a shaft holding the arm held in bearings secured to the table and adapted to turn in a vertical plane, in combination with a pedal-lever held by the table in position to engage the shaft, and a pedal connected with the pedal-lever and adapted to swing laterally thereon, substantially as shown and described.

5. A tailors pressing-machine having a table, an ironing-board over the table, and a goose over the ironing-board, in combination with a sponge-holder in front of the goose provided with inwardly-projecting lugs, a follower in the sponge-holder beneath the lugs, a rod for supporting the follower, and springs within the sponge-holder for controlling the follower, substantially as shown and described.

6. A tailors pressing-machine having a table, an ironing-board over the table, and a goose over the ironing-board, in combination with a sponge-holder in front of the goose, a rod carrying the sponge-holder, a follower within the sponge-holder, and a swivel-screw joining the follower and said rod carrying the sponge-holder, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. A tailors pressing-machine having a table, an ironing-board over the table, and a goose over the ironing-board, in combination with a sponge-holder in front of the goose, a bar secured to the handle of the goose for stopping the sponge-holder when moved downward, and means to tilt the sponge-holder, said bar being forked at. its forward end to receive the sponge-holder, substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 10th day of March, 1897, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAHAM N. BRESEL.

Vitnesses:

ENos B. WHITMORE, M. L. WINsTON. 

